A cross sectional survey of physical fitness levels of school children in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

M. Tech. Biomedical Sciences.Examines the physical fitness levels of school children in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is envisaged that the present study will help in identifying the physical fitness levels of South African children at risk of being overweight and obese. Such findings might inform public policy as a guide to the formation of possible intervention strategies that could help to promote physical fitness among children as well as prevent and manage the surging prevalence of excessive weight and obesity in South African children. Additionally, the results of this study will provide useful comparisons with results in developed and developing countries and thereby providing baseline data for future epidemiological studies of lifestyle on physical fitness and body composition of adolescent children in Limpopo, South Africa